Sunil Gulati, president of U.S. Soccer has named former USL and MLS player Richie Williams as the new head coach of the men's U-17 national team. Williams has most recently been in charge of the U.S. U-18 team. The 41-year-old Williams now takes charge of the federations only residency camp based in Bradenton, Fl.

To kickoff 2012, my first (and only) blog entry centered on a plea for the New England Revolution to be "blog worthy" in 2012. A hope that it would "show the fanbase how big the Revolution dream is, and steps you are taking to achieve it."

Given a week of activity, I'm concerned the team still cannot explain the vision of the team's future the way I'd like, but its actions actually give me hope.

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Philadelphia Union

A leaked copy of Toronto FC's 2012 schedule obtained by Canadian Soccer News shows the Union traveling to BMO Field on May 26 and Sept. 15, with the Canadian team at PPL Park on July 7. This unbalanced schedule thing is gonna take some getting used to.

The USSF announced today that Wilmer Cabrera will be leaving his role as head coach of the U.S Under-17 Men's National Team. According to the press release the two sides mutually agreed to part ways. "After several discussions with Wilmer, we agreed that parting ways at this time was the best way forward," said U.